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SMILING MIND IS HELPING EVERY MIND THRIVE AT GREENHILLS!
Check out these wonderful photos of some of our Prep classes starting their day with a meditation. This helped them calm down after a busy morning of reading and changing their readers, enabling them to move forward to a fantastic day of focused learning.
Want to know more about Smiling Mind? Attend our Smiling Mind Parent Info night on the 9th of June at 6:30pm hosted by Therese Sheedy, who is currently working as a Psychologist/Program Lead with Smiling Mind. This workshop is designed to introduce parents and carers to mindfulness so that they can support their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of their children. We can’t wait to see you there!
Click here to book your free ticket!
INTERSCHOOL SPORT
Round 3 - Friday 3rd June 2022
Greenhills VS Plenty Valley – AWAY
Time: | Sport: | Venue: |
9.30am-10.30am approx. | Aussie Rules Football | Plenty Valley Christian College |
Soccer | Plenty Valley Christian College | |
Netball | Plenty Valley Christian College | |
Softball Boys/Mixed | Plenty Valley Christian College | |
Softball Girls | Plenty Valley Christian College |
Green Parkways VS Apollo Parkways B – HOME
Time: | Sport: | Venue: |
9.30am-10.30am approx. | Aussie Rules Football | Greensborough Park |
Soccer | Partington’s Flat | |
Netball | N/A | |
Softball Boys/Mixed | Partington’s Flat | |
Softball Girls | Greenhills PS |
COMMUNITY SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS
Auskicker of the Week
Congratulations to Elijah K (Prep BH) who won Auskicker of the Week at Glen Katherine Auskick on Friday night! He was absolutely pumped and bursting with excitement when his name was called out to receive his Auskick trophy and certificate!
This is Elijah’s 2nd year playing Auskick at the club, where Friday nights under the lights have well and truly become the highlight of his week. He is so passionate about his football, spending all his spare time practicing his skills.
Elijah has also been invited to play in the halftime game on Friday night between the Western Bulldogs and Geelong - a very exciting week ahead for this little bulldog. Keep on kicking goals, Elijah! We are all so proud of you superstar!
If your child achieves something special (grand final win, most valuable player award, best and fairest etc.), please email me (jordan.daley@education.vic.gov.au) through photos and an overview of the achievement to post in Contact. It is important to celebrate and recognise such successes with the school community.
REBEL COMMUNITY KICKBACKS PROGRAM
Greenhills Primary School is involved in the Rebel Community Kickbacks Program
What can you do to help Greenhills primary School benefit from this program?
Staff, family and friends can link the school to their Rebel Active Loyalty Program account and instantly start earning credits.
Thank you,
Jordan Daley
OFFICE NEWS
Wondering if you have made a 2022 Parent Contribution?
View in-Compass payments, in three simple steps:
1. Login to Compass, if using the Compass app open in browser (go to more at the bottom of the screen),
2. Select the Cog Icon in the top right-hand corner of your page.
3. Select the My Payments option, select the payments tab and review your payment history.
Still like to make a 2022 Parent Contribution? Here’s how……..
1. Login to your Compass portal (mobile app or web) and view your home page. When parent contributions are available to pay, a notification will appear here.
2. Selecting this link will redirect you to your Course Confirmations/Payments page. Simply click on the name of the contribution that you wish to pay to begin the payments process.
3. You will be asked to consent to certain agreements, such as an ICT usage Agreement, before paying your school fees. Type your full name into the provided box to accept the above terms and click Proceed to continue.
4. Review your payment summary, and fill-in your Credit Card details.
5. Click Pay Now for the payment to be processed.
Friendly Note: Currently, only VISA or MasterCard payments are accepted by Compass.
Principles for savvy parenting in a digital world - by Jocelyn Brewer
Don’t ‘ban’ devices, make a plan
Creating your family’s technology use agreement is an evolving task and requires careful considerations. Involve your children in decisions about what are meaningful restrictions on the use of devices, based on what is fair, healthy, and aligned to the values of your family. Consider these key features:
- Avoid bookending the day with technology use, especially before bed
- Limit the stretches of time spent online in one sitting/viewing, break this up across the day
- Diversify the digital ‘diet’ – explore a range of online activities (games, TV shows, apps, etc) and try new content that might not be as popular, but possibly more pro-social
- Have clear expectations across the offline aspects of the day/week (around chores, learning, etc)
- Outline where screen-based media use can take place. Avoid bedrooms in favour of common areas.
Effective technology contracts involve consistency, protecting time offline for exercise, socialising and other activities. Avoid using time online as a currency and create rewards and consequences that suit your particular family and situation. For more structured support on co-creating this digital wellbeing plan collaboratively with your kids, join this course.
Co-view and co-play, to spark conversations
Using technology together – by viewing content or playing games – is a good way to prompt meaningful conversations about device use, online activities and interactions. This will help young people make sense of their experiences and build skills to circumvent and/or manage online issues.
Bring curiosity rather than fear to these conversations. Talk about what you and they do, see and read online, how they feel about this activity, and how they respond to others. Fake news and misinformation is rife online, so helping kids understand how to spot dodgy information and think critically about what they see online is vital. Be conscious of listening to young people’s perspectives, rather than lecturing them about what they ‘should’ do (they know this but doing it in reality can be tricky!).
Parental monitoring software can help, up to a point
There are hundreds of monitoring and tracking tools designed to help manage time online, or block age-inappropriate content. While these tools can be helpful, the social-emotional and cognitive skills that allow us to manage our choices and behaviours require real-life opportunities to rehearse and repeat. Software doesn’t do the tough work of parenting (negotiations, communication, battling big emotions and burgeoning identity and independence) for you or guarantee no exposure to dicey content!
Don’t sweat the screen ‘time’, consider broader factors
Parents can get caught up on the amount of time their children spend online. Yet there is no agreement among experts as to what constitutes excessive time online. Instead, focus on:
- the quality of the content – what is it about, is it developmentally appropriate, does it require passive or interactive consumption?
- the context in which the technology is being used – when alone, in groups, or to pacify a child in a café or to stop a tantrum, in a global pandemic and lock-down?
- the cognitions (that is, the mental action) associated with the activity – are these thoughts helpful and constructive?
- the function of the activity – is it to study, for social connection, information gathering, or other uses?
Asking these more detailed questions about online activities will help parents make more informed decisions about whether particular technology use is serving their children’s wellbeing and development, and how to help their children manage this tech use.
Check your own habits and be a positive digital mentor
Parents are important role models for children – and this extends to screen and smartphone use. Be mindful of your own digital habits (and how easily they can creep into overuse territory) to ensure you set a valuable example of safe and savvy digital citizenry. Kids see our use of technology and consider that as the standard, try ‘narrating’ what you’re using devices for – is it to pay bills or organise the family, or to answer emails that could probably wait?!
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
Term 2 Week 6 - Presented at assembly Friday 3rd June 2022
HERE ARE THE SUPERSTARS FOR THIS WEEK!
STUDENT | CLASS | COMMENTS |
Elijah K | Prep BH | For the amazing effort you are putting into your Maths. Elijah, I love how clever you are with numbers. I was very impressed during Maths Fluency when you were able to show your understanding of numbers using ten frames. I am so proud of you! |
Emily K | Prep SM | For the huge effort she has put in this week with her learning. Emily has been joining in class discussions and taking risks in her learning-especially in Writing! Keep up the great work Emily! |
Mae N | 1GC | For your excellent work in number fluency. Mae, you have been working really hard on your counting goal and I love that you have been practising at home. You are a counting superstar!! |
Leo C | 1JC | I am so proud of all your efforts you are putting into your reading and writing tasks. You try so hard to sound out all of your words all the time. Your enthusiasm is fantastic. You are a superstar! |
Tilly F | 1KO | For showing GRIT when learning how to spell those tricky sight words. Tilly, you are a word wizard and I love how that when you are spelling those tricky words you are thinking about how many sounds you can hear and the tricky letters you know in each word. Keep it up sight word superstar! |
Annabelle M | 2JM | Annabelle has really started to gain confidence in her skills as a learner this term. She is working hard and taking on feedback from her teacher and peers. Excellent work Annabelle. |
Arjay S | 2SH | For the enthusiasm and confidence you showed when solving renaming problems this week. The way you explained the process you used showed great understanding of what you were doing. Keep up the effort and curiosity in your learning Arjay, well done buddy! |
Jeana B | 3AK | For your focus and excellent listening skills which enable you to follow instructions and complete tasks, successfully. Jeana you are a super star! Keep smiling! |
Ryan | 3RM | For the enthusiasm and effort you demonstrated during our 'Mad About Science' incursion. You were really focused and excited with all of the experiments we conducted! |
Heidi K | 4BJ | For her wonderful use of GRIT during our Maths assessment task. Heidi, you really pushed yourself to achieve your learning goal and perceived when faced with challenges. You should be so proud! Keep being amazing, Miss Heidi! |
Emily H | 4DS | For the GRIT and EFFORT you have shown in maths. Emily, it was great to see you using and naming a range of strategies to solve problems involving subtraction. Keep up the GREAT work! |
Akane M | 4TW | Well done Akane on a fabulous week of learning. It's great to see you so focused and really using a lot of GRIT in your learning. Keep up this awesome work! |
Gene K | 6BS | Gene is a GREAT role model to his classmates and the other students of Greenhills. He consistently thrives to progress in all areas of his learning and prides himself on being a responsible and respectable member of our school community. |
Sian M | 6SM | For your contributions to classroom discussions. Sian, I have loved watching you push yourself to share your ideas and thoughts. A huge well done and keep blossoming! |
Ethan O | ITALIAN | For the amazingly consistent effort you put into your Italian work. You certainly are a 'quiet achiever'. I love the way that you listen so attentively and contribute whenever you are able to. BRAVO ETHAN :) |